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<h3><a name="tags2_0001000101003b00"></a>META </h3>
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&lt;<b>META</b><BR>&#09;<b>CONTENT=</b><i>string</i><BR>&#09;<b>HTTP-EQUIV=</b><i>string</i><BR>&#09;<b>ID=</b><i>string</i><BR>&#09;<b>NAME=</b><i>string</i><BR>&#09;<b>TITLE=</b><i>string</i><BR>&#09;<b>URL=</b><i>string</i><BR>&gt;<BR></p>
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Provides information about an HTML document to browsers, search engines, and other applications. </p>
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<a href="html6zhs.htm">CONTENT=</a> </dt>
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Specifies meta-information to be associated with the given name or HTTP response header. <br>
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<a href="html6n5c.htm">HTTP-EQUIV=</a> </dt>
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Used to bind the <a href="html6zhs.htm">CONTENT=</a> of the element to an HTTP response header. <br>
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<a href="html6qb4.htm">ID=</a> </dt>
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An SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid names to script with are any alphanumeric string that begins with a letter. Valid special characters include underbar &quot;_&quot;. <br>
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<a href="html2ckw.htm">NAME=</a> </dt>
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Specifies the name of the control, bookmark, or applet. <br>
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<a href="html4q7k.htm">TITLE=</a> </dt>
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The Title attribute is used to provide advisory information. <br>
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<a href="html8xww.htm">URL=</a> </dt>
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If a URL is specifies, the URL will be loaded after the specified time has elapsed. </dd>
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This element may only be used within the <a href="html8qb4.htm">HEAD</a> tag. </p>
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The start tag is required, and the end tag is optional. </p>
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The value of the <a href="html6zhs.htm">CONTENT=</a> attribute depends on the <a href="html6n5c.htm">HTTP-EQUIV=</a> attribute. The following lists some of these values. </p>
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<b>HTTP-EQUIV &#09;CONTENT </b></p>
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REFRESH &#09;<i>delay</i>[;<i>url</i>] </p>
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The <i>delay</i> is the number of seconds that the browser waits before reloading a document. The optional <i>url</i> specifies the document to reload. If no <i>url</i> is given, the browser reloads the current document. </p>
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Content-Type &#09;text/html; CHARSET=<i>character-set</i> </p>
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The <i>character-set</i> specifies one of the character set aliases listed in HTML Character Sets (Charsets) and Named Entities. </p>
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<b>Examples </b></p>
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The following example sets the character set for the document. </p>
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&lt;META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;Content-Type&quot;</p>
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  CONTENT=&quot;text/html; CHARSET=Windows-1251&quot;&gt;</p>
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The following example causes the browser to reload the document every two seconds. </p>
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&lt;META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;REFRESH&quot; CONTENT=2&gt;</p>
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The following example causes the browser to load the new document, http://www.sample.com/next.htm, after a five second delay. </p>
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&lt;META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;REFRESH&quot; CONTENT=&quot;5; URL=http://www.sample.com/next.htm&quot;&gt;</p>
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The following example causes the server to include the given content in the HTTP response to a GET or HEAD request for the document. </p>
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&lt;META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;Expires&quot;</p>
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CONTENT=&quot;Tue, 04 Dec 1996 21:29:02 GMT&quot;&gt;</p>
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&lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;Keywords&quot; CONTENT=&quot;HTML, Reference&quot;&gt;</p>
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&lt;META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;Reply-to&quot;</p>
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content=&quot;anybody@microsoft.com&quot;&gt;</p>
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The HTTP response includes the following header fields. </p>
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Expires: Tue, 04 Dec 1996 21:29:02 GMT</p>
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Keywords: HTML, Reference</p>
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Reply-to: anybody@microsoft.com</p>
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